Flexible shaft extender and method of using same
An extender for use in an electro-mechanical surgical system that includes a surgical attachment that may be detachably coupled to an electro-mechanical driver device via a flexible shaft. The...

Phototreatment device for use with coolants
Methods and systems are disclosed for phototreatment in which replaceable containers comprising one or more adjuvant (consumable or re-useable) substances are employed. The adjuvant substance can...

Treatment tool for endoscope
In a forceps 1 of the present invention, an operating section 12 is provided with a main body 12 and a pair of slider sections 13 which advance and retract an operating wire 11 by relative...

Flexible instrument
A medical instrument assembly and robotic medical system are provided. The medical instrument assembly comprises an outer probe having an elongated shaft, an inner probe having an elongated shaft,...

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7918849

Devices and methods for tissue access
Methods are provided for access to a compressed space in the spinal anatomy. These methods may be used for selective surgical removal of tissue, e.g., for enlargement of diseased spinal...

515

7914522

Roll-pitch-roll surgical tool
A robotic surgical tool includes an elongate shaft having a working end and a shaft axis, and a pair of linking arms each having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is pivotally...

Flexible instrument
A medical instrument assembly and robotic medical system are provided. The medical instrument assembly comprises an intravascular catheter having an elongated flexible shaft, and a drivable...

519

7901399

Interchangeable surgical instrument
A robotic medical system comprises a medical instrument assembly having a retainer, a serial array of instruments disposed in the retainer, a chamber, and an instrument driver. The robotic medical...

520

7901398

Failsafe reconfigurable surgical apparatus
A reconfigurable surgical apparatus that includes a surgical instrument assembly that is formed with a hollow manipulation shaft. A linearly or rotationally movable prime mover is received within...

521

7901672

Methods of making enhanced, autologous fat grafts
Cells present in processed lipoaspirate tissue are used to treat patients. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of stem cells obtained...

Surgical instrument
A surgical instrument has a gas-delivery device to supply a noble gas or other inert gas to a tissue-treatment region and a rinsing device for rinsing a target region, in particular a...

524

7887530

Powered surgical instrument
A surgical instrument including a housing, an endoscopic portion, a drive gear, a drive motor, a shift motor and an end effector is disclosed. The endoscopic portion extends distally from the...

525

7887795

Methods of making enhanced, autologous fat grafts
Cells present in processed lipoaspirate tissue are used to treat patients. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of stem cells obtained...

Medical support control system
A medical support control system comprising a recording device for recording an image signal from a medical device, a medical support control device for synthesizing an image based on the image...

Tip and shaft connection for medical device
A medical device includes a tube end to which a tip having a medical tool is attached. The tip includes a tip housing and a lock tab, as well as a yoke. The tube end includes an outer tube and an...

531

7862580

Flexible wrist for surgical tool
The present invention is directed to a tool having a wrist mechanism that provides pitch and yaw rotation in such a way that the tool has no singularity in roll, pitch, and yaw. In one embodiment,...

Part of an electrical connecting device
Part of an electrical connecting device, especially for use in medical technology, with a display device to display an effect on the part resulting from a preparatory step for the use of the part,...

534

7857811

Methods and devices for ablation
An ablating device has a cover which holds an interface material such as a gel. The cover contains the interface material during initial placement of the device. The ablating device may also have...

Treatment tools for endoscope
A tubular treatment tool is provided for an endoscope. The tubular treatment tool includes a flexible tubular member. A groove is formed on the flexible tubular member and traverses the flexible...

Mitral hook
A mitral hook instrument for use particularly in heart valve operations. The mitral hook is used in particular for grasping or hooking secondary chords for lysis procedures. The interior surface...

Instrument introducer
Instrument introducers are disclosed which facilitate the insertion of a surgical instrument into a cavity or a body of a patient. In one embodiment, the instrument introducer includes a hollow...

541

7841979

Observation system
An observation system includes an observation device, an image pickup device, a display device, and at least one holding device. The observation device includes an optical objective system for...

542

7842028

Surgical instrument guide device
An instrument guide device comprises an elongated guide shaft having proximal and distal ends and including an instrument lumen for receiving therethrough a manually operated instrument having an...

Medical tubular assembly
A medical tubular assembly includes four medical coilpipes together having a distal end portion insertable into a patient. The four medical coilpipes include a central coilpipe and three...

Operation apparatus controller and surgery system
The operation apparatus controller controls a group of apparatuses including multiple medical apparatuses, which respectively can store patient IDs. Also, the operation apparatus controller has a...